Although the comics may seem like a sidestep away from Way’s music career, the My Chemical Romance star has revealed that music, in fact, played a very important part in his creation of the comics.

Speaking with NME, he explained that the music he was obsessively listening to during the writing process had shaped the “feel” of the comics.

“When I wrote the first book, I was listening obsessively to Teenage Fanclub, the Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, and I think the influence of those records – and the feel of those records – are in the comics,” he explained. “With the TV show, I didn’t have a lot of input – Steve came to it with a pretty clear idea of the music he wanted to use. When he writes scripts, he includes songs as he goes, a bit like [Guardians Of The Galaxy director] James Gunn does.”

He continued: “Moving forward though, if we get a second season, I’ve said to Steve that I’d really like to get involved more there. I’m of the mind that when you have a big captive audience, you can introduce them to more left-of-center stuff. I’d always pick a song by a band like Wire or Gang Of Four over the sort of stuff Steve does, although I think he’s incredible at using songs you’ve heard before in really interesting ways.”

The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season but no release date has yet been confirmed.

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If you are a My Chemical Romance fan then by now you have probably read, watched or at least seen a trailer for Gerard Way’s comic The Umbrella Academy, which has now been adapted by Netflix into a series. The series is not your typical superhero story and deals with pressing family issues, particularly when it comes to dysfunction.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gerard Way reveals that his experience being in My Chemical Romance helped shape the comics and its characters.

“Being in a band is like being in a dysfunctional family and all these personalities are really distinct and really big, not just the people in your band, but the people you meet on the road or the crew that you work with and all this stuff,” he explained.

“A band especially is a dysfunctional family, so there’s little bits of me in all the characters, there’s bits of some of the guys in some of those characters and the different roles that we would play in the band and how those roles would change sometimes.”

He added: “We were in a big pressure cooker of fame and notoriety and the characters experience that in the comic and the show.”

You can watch The Umbrella Academy on Netflix now.

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Although the comics may seem like a sidestep away from Way’s music career, the My Chemical Romance star has revealed that music, in fact, played a very important part in his creation of the comics.

Speaking with NME, he explained that the music he was obsessively listening to during the writing process had shaped the “feel” of the comics.

“When I wrote the first book, I was listening obsessively to Teenage Fanclub, the Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, and I think the influence of those records – and the feel of those records – are in the comics,” he explained. “With the TV show, I didn’t have a lot of input – Steve came to it with a pretty clear idea of the music he wanted to use. When he writes scripts, he includes songs as he goes, a bit like [Guardians Of The Galaxy director] James Gunn does.”

He continued: “Moving forward though, if we get a second season, I’ve said to Steve that I’d really like to get involved more there. I’m of the mind that when you have a big captive audience, you can introduce them to more left-of-center stuff. I’d always pick a song by a band like Wire or Gang Of Four over the sort of stuff Steve does, although I think he’s incredible at using songs you’ve heard before in really interesting ways.”

The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season but no release date has yet been confirmed.

The post Gerard Way Reveals “Smashing Pumpkins” and “Pixies” Influenced “The Umbrella Academy” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

If you are a My Chemical Romance fan then by now you have probably read, watched or at least seen a trailer for Gerard Way’s comic The Umbrella Academy, which has now been adapted by Netflix into a series. The series is not your typical superhero story and deals with pressing family issues, particularly when it comes to dysfunction.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gerard Way reveals that his experience being in My Chemical Romance helped shape the comics and its characters.

“Being in a band is like being in a dysfunctional family and all these personalities are really distinct and really big, not just the people in your band, but the people you meet on the road or the crew that you work with and all this stuff,” he explained.

“A band especially is a dysfunctional family, so there’s little bits of me in all the characters, there’s bits of some of the guys in some of those characters and the different roles that we would play in the band and how those roles would change sometimes.”

He added: “We were in a big pressure cooker of fame and notoriety and the characters experience that in the comic and the show.”

You can watch The Umbrella Academy on Netflix now.

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